The Old Rising Sun Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Public house. 5 related planning applications.
The Old Rising Sun Public House
- WRENN ID
- proud-rafter-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1970
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Old Rising Sun Public House, 79, Marylebone High Street W1, City of Westminster, W1U 5JZ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 283 818
- Coordinates
- 51.52086, -0.15216
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rising Sun Public House is a corner public house built in 1866, as indicated by the date on the building. It features pale gault brick with stucco dressings and a stuccoed corner, topped with a slate roof. The architectural style is Italianate classical, and the building stands four storeys tall.
The facade facing High Street has five windows, one of which is blind, while the return to Paddington Street also has five windows. The ground floor is arcaded, with an entrance that is splayed across the corner. The arches are supported by Corinthian pilasters and feature enriched piercedwork spandrels, all beneath an entablature fascia with a modillion cornice. The bar doors are panelled and glazed, with panelled risers leading to the bar windows.
The upper floors have recessed sash windows, with the first-floor windows adorned with pediments on triglyph brackets. Similar brackets support cornices over the second-floor sashes. A sill band marks the third floor, which is topped with a prominent crowning modillion cornice and a blocking course. The stuccoed quadrant corner includes a name panel with the date at the third-floor level.
Local climate
The Old Rising Sun Public House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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